One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

Police seized $145,000 worth of methamphetamine on Wednesday after a brief pursuit and foot chase. ...more

March 5, 2009

A man previously convicted of felony DUI manslaughter was arrested this morning on a new charge of driving under the influence, records show. ...more

March 4, 2009

A Tampa man is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy he didn't know. ...more

March 4, 2009

TAMPA -- An orange bucket helped lead to the arrest of a man accused of robbing a Hess gas station, police said. Tampa police charged Samuel Marquez Colon, 19, of Tampa with felony armed robbery, felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief on Monday after a woman in a mobile-home park on North Central Avenue called police to report a suspicious-looking man, a report states. ...more

March 3, 2009

A dispute over $4 owed in a dice game led to a gunshot, police say. ...more

March 2, 2009

Police are looking for two people who broke into a Palmetto boarding home early this morning and shot dead a teenager who was in his bedroom. ...more

February 28, 2009

Tampa police charged Bryant Walker, of Tampa, with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor resisting arrest without violence at about 1:15 a.m. after a fight at Club Prana. ...more

February 28, 2009

Two Lakeland men are accused of running a cockfighting operation that involved 124 roosters, officials said. ...more

February 28, 2009

A shelter for abused homeless women will establish a fund to reimburse women there who said they were swindled by an employee. ...more

February 27, 2009